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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=RU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Hello Sajjad,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Are you creating a GUI to set SFFloat and SFDouble values on multiple platforms? The specification says that the actual ranges of values may depend on the implementation, but the ranges specified in the specification should work in all implementations. So, if you want the files edited in your GUI to work in all X3D browsers, you should use the ranges specified in the specification. If I understand the specification correctly, the ranges are:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>SFFloat: 1.00000</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>∙</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>10<sup>–12</sup> to 9.99999</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>∙</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>10<sup>12</sup><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>SFDouble: 1.0000000000000</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>∙</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>10<sup>–12</sup> to 9.9999999999999</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>∙</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>10<sup>12</sup><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>The numbers can be positive and negative, and the value 0.0 must also be available.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Am I right in the interpretation of “digits of precision” and “exponent”? Maybe someone more familiar with the specification can correct me.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>ššššššššššššššššššššššššš Sergey Bederov<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> x3d-public-bounces@web3d.org [mailto:x3d-public-bounces@web3d.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Sajjadul Islam<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, December 18, 2010 6:59 PM<br><b>To:</b> x3d-public@web3d.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [X3D-Public] range of the field types<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hello forum,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I am trying get the maximum and minimum value of the SFFloat field type. I am trying to create a GUI editor and that editor will contain this maximum and minimum value. The specification says that <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>"<span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Implementation of these fields is targeted at the double precision floating point capabilities of processors. However, it is allowable to implement this field using fixed point numbering provided at least 14 decimal digits of precision are maintained and that exponents have range of at least [-12, 12] for both positive and negative numbers.</span>"<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>How to put the minimum and maximum range to specific value ? <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Any hint would be very valuable.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Regards<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Sajjad<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>